Check-book holder.



I. F. SHOEMAKBR. CHECK BOOK HOLDER. APELIOATION PILED 1330331913.

1 ,1 08,631. Patented Aug. 25, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION ILBD DEO. 27, 1913.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT JOHN F. SHOEMAKER, OF BRANDSVILLE, MISSOUE CHECK-BOOK HOLDER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentea Aug. sa, 119314.

Application filed December 27, 1913. Serial No. 809,()23.

' To all 'whom 'it may concern Be' it known that I, JoriN F. SHOEMAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brandsville, in the county of HoWell and State of Missouri, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check- Book Holdersgand Ll do hereby declare the following to be a, full, clear, and exact description of'the invention, such as will en- 'able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to check book holders, and has for its principal object to provide aholder for check books having means whereby the check may be severed from the stub to indicate the amountof the check and to also indicate on the stub the amount drawn. e

Another object of the invention is to provide a pocket check book holder provided With means for holding a'check book, or a number of checks therein, said holder being provided With a pivoted cutter for severing the check from the stub, said check being provided With columns of numbers running from one to one-thousand or more, and said cutter being constructed to be adjustable uponjg; the check stub for severingthe check at a point to indicate the amount called for by the face oi' the check and leaving the stub to indicate the amount dra'wn.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a check book holder of simple Construction having a sliding and pivoted cutter connected thereto in position to be adjusted vertically upon the stub and check to indicate the amount for which the check is drawn, and means being provided for thi-mi ing the cutter out of the way and holding it securely in position when not required for use;

The objects and advantages'referred to may be attained by means of the Construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which, p

Figure l is a pe'specti ve vien of a. check book holder made in accordance with thisinvention, F ig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-' of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view' of the check book holder looking at the inside of the same and with the check book removed, Fig. %tis a detail View showing the manner of severing the check by means of the cutter, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing the cutter folded backward and-secUred-npsition when net .and thrown over upon the for which the check is drawn.

required for use. and Fig. G is a plan view of the check. which I desire to use in connection With the check book holder.

Re't'erring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the check book holder whjen made for the poc-ket. It will be understdod however, that this check book holder may be of such size as to be used on the desk or in oiiices and other place. The holder l may be formed of leather or other suitable flexible material, and upon the inside thereof is a pocket 2 to receive the back cover member 3 of the check book and this member 3 may be short, or of the required length to be held in place in the pocket 2. outer end of the holder 1 is another pocket t designed for the purpose ot' holding the deposit slip, and upon the inner side of the pocket the name and address oi" the owner ol" the check book holder may be given. At thenpposite end of the holder 1 a Wire guide loop 5 i's connected by passing the material ot' the holder l through the loop and securing said loop in place by means of stitches as shown at (i. lilounted to slide on one member of the loop 5 outside the holder l, is a cutter' 7, said cutter having the cutting edges 8 at one side, and the cuttingedge 9 at the top. A loop or eye 10 on the cutter 7 is mounted on the Wire guide member of the loop 5. A finger hold ll is cut from the body of the cutter and extended upward to serve as a handle for moving the -cuttez lVhen the cutter is-not required for use it may b'e swung upon the pintle point 10 and its end inserted into the slit 12 in the holder 1 as shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 5.

The check book holder is held in closed position after it is folded on the lines (L and b, by means of a suitable fastening 13 which may be similar to the ordinary 'glove fas: tener, but preferably of smaller size for the pocket type of check book holder; The checks designed to be' usedith the check book holder are provided between the stub- 14 and the check 15 with twc or more rows of indicating numerals 16.

`When a check has been drawn, the cutter is withdrawn from the slit 12 in the holder indicatng 1111- merals 16 and adjusted with the upper cut ting edge 9 immediately below the amount The .check is then severed at this point thus ing upon the check itself and upon the stuh the amount #31: hii {the check ie made mit' A check book made in eccordance with this invention is designed more particularly for use by stock men, who' draw checks in the openfield and usually with a lead pencil. Moreover the check book holder will be found 'Very convenient for traveling men, or others required to draw checks at a mo- 1ncnt s notice and at any place. It will be understood, howevcr, that 'a check book holder mnde in accordance With' this invention may be of sufiicient size and of such construction as to be Very useful for ofiices and other places where an ordinary protectograph i`s not at hand.

- What is claimed iszl. A. check book holder provided with means for holding a check book, and a sliding pivoted cutter supported within the hool g and provided With means for severing the checks and for indicating the amount of the face of the check.

E. A check book holder provided with means for holding a check book, thercin, the checks of said book having vertical columns of indicating amounts for which the check may be draWn, and a cutter mountcd to slide on a guide loop connected to the holder, said' cutter being pivotally nounted to the guide and adapted to be swung on the pivot out of' the way and held in connection with the holder when not required for use.

3. A check book holder having a ocket for receiving the Shortened back cover of the check book, a pocket for deposit sli s, a pivoted and sliding cutter for severing t e checks from the stub to indicate the amount called for' by the face of the checks, and means for holding the check `bo ok holder closed.

4. A check book holder providedwith a cutter for seve'ring the checks from the stub, a guide loop upon which saidcuttr is nounted to slide, said cover being pivoted to said guide, and means for holding' the'cutter out of 'the way when not required for use.

In testimony whereof I afiix rny signature in presence of two witnesses. JOHN F. SHOEM'AKER.

Witnesses: i

S. J. COX, M. W. ELLIs. 

